Tactile Maps of Canada-Maps for Education-The Tactile Atlas of Canada-Canada

The map title is Canada. Tactile map scale. 2.8 centimetres = 500 kilometres North arrow pointing to the top of the page. Provincial and Political borders, shown as dashed and solid lines. The Oceans and Lakes, shown with a wavy symbol to indicate water. Labels for Yukon Territory abbreviated to YT. Northwest Territories abbreviated NT. Nunavut abbreviated to NU. British Columbia abbreviated to BC. Saskatchewan abbreviated to SK. Alberta abbreviated to AB. Manitoba abbreviated to MB. Ontario abbreviated to ON. Quebec abbreviated to QC. Newfoundland and Labrador abbreviated to NF. Prince Edward Island abbreviated to PE. Nova Scotia abbreviated to NS. New Brunswick abbreviated to NB. Greenland United States of America abbreviated to USA. Alaska abbreviated to AK. Tactile maps are designed with Braille, large text, and raised features for visually impaired and low vision users. The Tactile Maps of Canada collection includes: (a) Maps for Education: tactile maps showing the general geography of Canada, including the Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps of the provinces and territories showing political boundaries, lakes, rivers and major cities), and the Thematic Tactile Atlas of Canada (maps showing climatic regions, relief, forest types, physiographic regions, rock types, soil types, and vegetation). (b) Maps for Mobility: to help visually impaired persons navigate spaces and routes in major cities by providing information about streets, buildings and other features of a travel route in the downtown area of a city. (c) Maps for Transportation and Tourism: to assist visually impaired persons in planning travel to new destinations in Canada, showing how to get to a city, and streets in the downtown area.

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Dernière modification janvier 16, 2026, 20:59 (TU)
Créé le janvier 16, 2026, 20:59 (TU)
contains_pii non
criticality_level Élevé
data_formats CDR; GIF; HTML; PDF
fair_openness Level 2 - Machine-readable
geographic_scope Québec
sensitivity_level Faible
source_inventaire Inventaire_W
source_url https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/9b286b9a-ba51-5cdb-99e1-880563949493
subject nature_and_environment, society_and_culture
update_frequency as_needed
year_most_recent 2022-02-22 21:45:02.981000
year_start 2016-09-25 02:02:52.645000